San Bernardino among 78 terror attacks White House says was ‘underreported’ by media

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WASHINGTON – On Monday, the White House issued a list of 78 terror attacks to underscore President Donald Trump’s assertion that the media is failing to adequately report them.

The attacks listed span from September 2014 to December 2016, and includes the San Bernardino attack, the Paris attacks, the Orlando nightclub shooting, the truck attacks in Nice and Berlin, the Brussels airport attack, the Istanbul airport and Sultanahmet attacks, and the Sydney siege.

The document was distributed Monday evening, the same day President Trump told enlisted service-members at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida that attacks were happening “all over Europe” and that “it’s gotten to a point where it’s not even being reported.”

“And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that,” Trump added.

Press Secretary Sean Spicer later elaborated, saying the President “felt as though members of the media don’t always cover some of those events to the extent that other events might get covered; that a protest will get blown out of the water, and yet an attack or a foiled attack doesn’t necessarily get the same coverage.”

Later, the White House distributed a list of the attacks Trump was citing, saying “most did not receive adequate attention.”

“Below is a list of 78 major terrorist attacks targeting the West that were executed or inspired by ISIS since September 2014, soon after the terror group declared its caliphate. Most of these attacks did not receive adequate attention from Western media sources,” a White House official said on background, when distributing the list.

But reporters in print, on air and on social media have robustly covered many of those attacks and terror in general.

This is the entire unedited list provided by the White House to NPR of 78 attacks from September 2014 to December 2016. There are several misspellings of the word “Attaker” included in the list distributed to the media.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

September, 2014

Target: Two police officers wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Abdul Numan Haider

TIZI OUZOU, ALGERIA

September, 2014

Target: One French citizen beheaded

Attacker: Jund al-Khilafah in Algeria

QUEBEC, CANADA

October, 2014

Target: One soldier killed and one wounded in vehicle attack

Attacker: Martin Couture-Rouleau

OTTAWA, CANADA

October, 2014

Target: One soldier killed at war memorial; two wounded in shootings at Parliament building

Attacker: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau

NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA

October, 2014

Target: Two police officers wounded in knife attack

Attacker: US person

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

November, 2014

Target: One Danish citizen wounded in shooting

Attackers: Three Saudi Arabia-based ISIL members

ABU DHABI, UAE

December 2014

Target: One American killed in knife attack

Attacker: Dalal al-Hashimi

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

December, 2014

Target: Two Australians killed in hostage taking and shooting

Attacker: Man Haron Monis

TOURS, FRANCE

December, 2014

Target: Three police officers wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Bertrand Nzohabonayo

PARIS, FRANCE

January, 2015

Target: One police officer and four hostages killed in shooting at a kosher supermarket

Attacker: Amedy Coulibaly

TRIPOLI, LIBYA

January, 2015

Target: Ten killed, including one US citizen, and five wounded in bombing and shooting at a hotel frequented by westerners

Attackers: As many as five ISIL-Libya members

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

January, 2015

Target: Two US citizens wounded in shooting

Attacker: Saudi Arabia-based ISIL supporter

NICE, FRANCE

February, 2015

Target: Two French soldiers wounded in knife attack outside a Jewish community center

Attacker: Moussa Coulibaly

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

February, 2015

Target: One civilian killed in shooting at a free-speech rally and one security guard killed outside the city’s main synagogue

Attacker: Omar Abdel Hamid el-Hussein

TUNIS, TUNISIA

March, 2015

Target: 21 tourists killed, including 16 westerners, and 55 wounded in shooting at the Bardo Museum